ඉලෙක්ට්‍රික් කාර් මිල වැඩි කිරීම සාධාරණද

slstock wrote:Yes there are 2 sides to this problem.

Ukboy wrote:I think more than anything else Ravi K is looking every avenue to stop local money going out. Leaf is the unfortunate victim of it.
To be fair to him not many people wanted buy Leafs before 2015.
I'm sure things will change again but dont know when.
What he has done is something we desperately needed at the moment.

poor boy wrote:previous 5% tax was necessary to popularize the electric cars. but i do not think with that kind of tax govt can maintain road network and other infrastructure related to transportation. now electrics are popular to some extent ,so at some point govt need to increase the taxes. today i saw a news item which says nissan is going to manufacture mass market electric car ,so prices will come down. any way for the use of electric cars  charging station are still not available. therefore  govt should extend the low exercise duty for electric cars for another one year or two until  charging network is developed.

Ukboy wrote:

slstock wrote:Yes there are 2 sides to this problem.

Ukboy wrote:I think more than anything else Ravi K is looking every avenue to stop local money going out. Leaf is the unfortunate victim of it.
To be fair to him not many people wanted buy Leafs before 2015.
I'm sure things will change again but dont know when.
What he has done is something we desperately needed at the moment.

Personally this hike cost me some money. I lost an extra income generating way. But I'm pretty sure most of the guys who are shouting at this hike on facebook have no intention to buy a leaf or any other electric cars.
Hydrogen cells is the future of energy sources but no cars (well...except 1 or 2) available at the moment. Toyota will release a model next year but doubt Sri Lankans wiling to buy it because of the cost (Rs 13m+). I wouldnt pay over 5m for a Japanese car.

HUNTER wrote:Eco friendly guys,
I have a small question.

If the gov retained the tax level of electric cars at 5% but reduced all other cars' taxes also to the same level (5%) and reduce fuel prices also further, would you buy a normal car or an Eco-friendly car?

balapas wrote:Govt has a BOP issue. Why not allow paypal withdrawals to SL bank accounts? Pretty sure will help. There is always talk on this no action taken.

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:We all should understand that during election times (anywhere in the World) The air is full of promises, but they are nothing but promises full of air only.

HUNTER wrote:Eco friendly guys,
I have a small question.

If the gov retained the tax level of electric cars at 5% but reduced all other cars' taxes also to the same level (5%) and reduce fuel prices also further, would you buy a normal car or an Eco-friendly car?

Ukboy wrote:I think more than anything else Ravi K is looking every avenue to stop local money going out. Leaf is the unfortunate victim of it.
To be fair to him not many people wanted buy Leafs before 2015.
I'm sure things will change again but dont know when.
What he has done is something we desperately needed at the moment.

smallville wrote:

Ukboy wrote:I think more than anything else Ravi K is looking every avenue to stop local money going out. Leaf is the unfortunate victim of it.
To be fair to him not many people wanted buy Leafs before 2015.
I'm sure things will change again but dont know when.
What he has done is something we desperately needed at the moment.

You've given the correct answer UkB.. I was reading thru before writing and found yours..

Tru enuf GOVT's problem is foreign currency out. They tried to stop this by without interfering in dollar scene first but even though the prices up, still no slowing of vehicles. Mind you, 2015 is the year that brought so much of vehicles to SL.. Just go to the road in an odd time like 11-12 noon and see... still roads are congested.

Leaf was the cheapest Japanese car besides WagonR.. And looks better than WagonR hence it was a preference. Therefore Leaf was the unfortunate guinea-pig..

However, these things are only short term fixes.. If budget put in to practice in the correct manner, most probably by the next budget these will be removed as well.